I am trying to delete a problematic volume so that I can recreate it to host a LUN to be a new datastore in my VMware vCenter 7.0.3 instance. I created the volume to be an application volume. I have discovered that because I created it to be an application volume, I can not delete snapshots for this volume, nor the volume itself. Please advise.
Command to list snapshots associated with the application volume:
IFAS::*> volume snapshot show -vserver PKIFAS_02_SVM -volume SSD_PKIFAS_02_vsidata_ds_1 -fields dsid,owners,size
vserver volume snapshot dsid owners size
------------- -------------------------- ------------------------- ------------- ------ -------
PKIFAS_02_SVM SSD_PKIFAS_02_vsidata_ds_1 pg-weekly.2025-02-04_0430 2559800509844 - 553.9MB
PKIFAS_02_SVM SSD_PKIFAS_02_vsidata_ds_1 pg-weekly.2025-02-11_0430 3315714753940 - 536.8MB
PKIFAS_02_SVM SSD_PKIFAS_02_vsidata_ds_1 pg-daily.2025-02-11_0625 3328599655828 - 99.66MB
PKIFAS_02_SVM SSD_PKIFAS_02_vsidata_ds_1 pg-daily.2025-02-12_0625 3435973838228 - 59.77MB
PKIFAS_02_SVM SSD_PKIFAS_02_vsidata_ds_1 pg-daily.2025-02-13_0625 3543348020628 - 1.12TB
PKIFAS_02_SVM SSD_PKIFAS_02_vsidata_ds_1 pg-daily.2025-02-14_0625 3650722203028 - 471.2GB
PKIFAS_02_SVM SSD_PKIFAS_02_vsidata_ds_1 pg-daily.2025-02-15_0625 3758096385428 - 1.51TB
vserver volume snapshot dsid owners size
------------- -------------------------- ------------------------- ------------- ------ -------
PKIFAS_02_SVM SSD_PKIFAS_02_vsidata_ds_1 pg-daily.2025-02-16_0625 3865470567828 - 126.5GB
PKIFAS_02_SVM SSD_PKIFAS_02_vsidata_ds_1 pg-hourly.2025-02-16_2222 3934190044564 - 3.32GB
PKIFAS_02_SVM SSD_PKIFAS_02_vsidata_ds_1 pg-hourly.2025-02-16_2322 3938485011860 - 111.9MB
PKIFAS_02_SVM SSD_PKIFAS_02_vsidata_ds_1 pg-hourly.2025-02-17_0022 3942779979156 - 744KB
PKIFAS_02_SVM SSD_PKIFAS_02_vsidata_ds_1 pg-hourly.2025-02-17_0122 3947074946452 - 740KB
PKIFAS_02_SVM SSD_PKIFAS_02_vsidata_ds_1 pg-hourly.2025-02-17_0222 3951369913748 - 740KB
vserver volume snapshot dsid owners size
------------- -------------------------- ------------------------- ------------- ------ -------
PKIFAS_02_SVM SSD_PKIFAS_02_vsidata_ds_1 pg-hourly.2025-02-17_0322 3955664881044 - 756KB
PKIFAS_02_SVM SSD_PKIFAS_02_vsidata_ds_1 pg-hourly.2025-02-17_0422 3959959848340 - 336.7MB
PKIFAS_02_SVM SSD_PKIFAS_02_vsidata_ds_1 pg-hourly.2025-02-17_0522 3964254815636 - 18.66GB
PKIFAS_02_SVM SSD_PKIFAS_02_vsidata_ds_1 pg-hourly.2025-02-17_0622 3968549782932 - 16.56GB
PKIFAS_02_SVM SSD_PKIFAS_02_vsidata_ds_1 pg-daily.2025-02-17_0625 3972844750228 - 4.08GB
PKIFAS_02_SVM SSD_PKIFAS_02_vsidata_ds_1 pg-hourly.2025-02-17_0722 3977139717524 - 2.44GB
vserver volume snapshot dsid owners size
------------- -------------------------- ------------------------- ------------- ------ -------
PKIFAS_02_SVM SSD_PKIFAS_02_vsidata_ds_1 pg-hourly.2025-02-17_0822 3981434684820 - 2.73GB
PKIFAS_02_SVM SSD_PKIFAS_02_vsidata_ds_1 pg-hourly.2025-02-17_0922 3985729652116 - 92.75MB
PKIFAS_02_SVM SSD_PKIFAS_02_vsidata_ds_1 pg-hourly.2025-02-17_1022 3990024619412 - 5.02GB
PKIFAS_02_SVM SSD_PKIFAS_02_vsidata_ds_1 pg-hourly.2025-02-17_1122 3994319586708 - 2.92GB
PKIFAS_02_SVM SSD_PKIFAS_02_vsidata_ds_1 pg-hourly.2025-02-17_1222 3998614554004 - 2.86GB
PKIFAS_02_SVM SSD_PKIFAS_02_vsidata_ds_1 pg-hourly.2025-02-17_1322 4002909521300 - 3.23GB
vserver volume snapshot dsid owners size
------------- -------------------------- ------------------------- ------------- ------ -------
PKIFAS_02_SVM SSD_PKIFAS_02_vsidata_ds_1 pg-hourly.2025-02-17_1422 4007204488596 - 3.13GB
PKIFAS_02_SVM SSD_PKIFAS_02_vsidata_ds_1 pg-hourly.2025-02-17_1522 4011499455892 - 6.43GB
PKIFAS_02_SVM SSD_PKIFAS_02_vsidata_ds_1 pg-hourly.2025-02-17_1622 4015794423188 - 45.57MB
PKIFAS_02_SVM SSD_PKIFAS_02_vsidata_ds_1 pg-hourly.2025-02-17_1722 4020089390484 - 3.66GB
PKIFAS_02_SVM SSD_PKIFAS_02_vsidata_ds_1 pg-hourly.2025-02-17_1822 4024384357780 - 298.6MB
PKIFAS_02_SVM SSD_PKIFAS_02_vsidata_ds_1 pg-hourly.2025-02-17_1922 4028679325076 - 48.66MB
vserver volume snapshot dsid owners size
------------- -------------------------- ------------------------- ------------- ------ -------
PKIFAS_02_SVM SSD_PKIFAS_02_vsidata_ds_1 pg-hourly.2025-02-17_2022 4032974292372 - 43.73MB
PKIFAS_02_SVM SSD_PKIFAS_02_vsidata_ds_1 pg-hourly.2025-02-17_2122 4037269259668 - 520KB
Command to delete all snapshots for an application volume:
PKIFAS::*> volume snapshot delete -vserver PKIFAS_02_SVM -volume SSD_PKIFAS_02_vsidata_ds_1 *
Error: command failed on vserver "PKIFAS_02_SVM" volume "SSD_PKIFAS_02_vsidata_ds_1" snapshot "pg-weekly.2025-02-04_0430": Snapshot copy "pg-weekly.2025-02-04_0430" cannot be deleted because it is part of protection group "SSD_PKIFAS_02" in application "SSD_PKIFAS_02". Use the "application snapshot delete" command to delete the Snapshot copy.
Warning: Do you want to continue running this command? {y|n}:
According to this link:
https://kb.netapp.com/on-prem/ontap/Ontap_OS/OS-KBs/Application_snapshots_can_not_be_deleted
The “application snapshot delete” command has been deprecated and last supported in ONTAP 9.5. In order to resolve the issue, you must open a NetApp technical support case.
We do not have an active support contract with NetApp and we are on ONTAP 9.8P21.
Command to delete a volume:
PKIFAS::*> volume delete -vserver PKIFAS_02_SVM -volume SSD_PKIFAS_02_vsidata_ds_1 -force true -foreground true
Error: command failed: Volume "SSD_PKIFAS_02_vsidata_ds_1" in Vserver "PKIFAS_02_SVM" is part of application "SSD_PKIFAS_02". You must remove the volume from application
"SSD_PKIFAS_02" using "application volume remove" (privilege: advanced) command before you can delete this volume.
